String beans are harvested in mid-summer, trimmed at both ends, blanched and carefully hand packed to ensure perfect condition. Dilly Beans are a milder version of Hot And Spicy Beans, flavored with dill.

Use a crispy bean as a super swizzle stick in Bloody Marys—so much more flavorful than a stalk of celery!

Wrap a dilly bean in a slice of roast beef, thinly sliced boiled ham or smoked turkey and serve on an hors d’oeuvres platter. With an optional grainy or Dijon mustard, these make healthy, low-calorie, low-carb party food.

Use either bean in the cold potato and green bean salad described under “Sweet Bells,” below.

“Snappers” Pickled Sugar Snap Peas

These late summer harvested sugar snap peas are often confused with Japanese edamame. Are a versatile delight, you eat the entire vegetable—casing and peas (with edamame, the peas are removed from the tough pod).

Garnish martinis and other savory cocktails.

Garnish chicken or seafood salad.

For a spiffy hors d’oeuvre, fill endive leaves with shrimp salad and top with Snappers.

Slightly different from the rest, these roma tomatoes are marinated in a mix of canola and olive oils and spices, instead of pickled in vinegar. Use them in any recipe that calls for sun-dried tomatoes.

Add to pizza, a pasta salad or an omelet.

Serve with sliced fresh mozzarella and fresh basil for most of the year when tomatoes aren’t in season.

Tillen Farms offers a variety of gift packages that are something different, something colorful, and something gratefully low-calorie, fat-free and nutritious. There is a bit of sugar in the marinade, but a serving is still just 10 calories for asparagus, 15 for the string beans and snap peas, 25 for the bell peppers and 30 for the carrots. The sundried tomatoes, marinated in oil, weigh in at 40 calories a portion.

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